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DESCRIPTION
BIAXIALLY ORIENTED FILM OF A POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a
biodegradable biaxially oriented film consisting mainly
of a polylactic acid resin. More specifically, the
present invention relates to a biodegradable film for
bags, packaging and for various windows with superior
coating adaptability and high-speed cutting property.
Background Art
Synthetic polymer compounds have been widely
used as plastics due to their superior characteristics.
With the increase in the consumption of the synthetic
polymer compounds, however, the amount of waste has
been also increasing. It has thus become a social
problem how the waste plastics should be dealt with.
Incineration causes problems, such as the damage to
furnaces due to high heat generation and the risk of
emission of toxic substances. Landfill also cause a
problem that the plastics stay in the environment for
good since they do not decay. Furthermore, considering
the costs of classification, collection and
regeneration, it is difficult to completely solve the
problem only by recycling.
In the midst of such increasing environmental
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concern, needs for biodegradable plastics which
decompose in the natural environment after being wasted
have been increasing to reduce environmental load and
to realize the sustainable society.
Known biodegradable plastics include starch-
based ones, aliphatic-polyester resins produced by
microorganisms, chemically synthetic aliphatic
polyester resins and the same resins but partially
modified in their chemical structure, and biodegradable
aliphatic aromatic polyester resins.
Among these biodegradable plastics,
polylactic acid resins have superior transparency,
rigidity and processability, as compared with other
biodegradable plastics. In particular, oriented films
of polylactic acid resins are suitable as various films
for packaging such as bags, window films for containers
with window, plastering films for outlook window
envelopes, substitute films for cellophane, and the
like, due to their high stiffness and high
transparency.
On the other hand, in the field of plastic
film applications, processing speed has been increasing
with the progress of processing machinery. For
example, in the affixing of films for envelope windows,
recent processing speed is 800 to 1,000 sheets/minute,
or even 1000 or more sheets/minute due to the progress
of window affixing machine, while the conventional
processing speed was 400 to 600 sheets/minute. For
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this reason, running speed of the film also has been
increasing and thus there are needs for a film with
superior high-speed cutting property. In addition,
there are applications in which film surface is to be
coated with an antistatic agent, a lubricant, an
antiblocking agent, or the like, to provide the film
with machine adaptability and processability to suit
the high-speed processing. For example, the above-
described coating is indispensable in bags, packaging
films and films for various windows, particularly those
for window of outlook window envelopes into which
relatively light weight materials easily affected by
static electricity, such as powder, granule, thin
papers, film, fiber-like substance, are contained.
Therefore, the films are required to have coating
adaptability, in addition to the high-speed cutting
property. Biodegradable films, in particular
polylactic acid film, with superior transparency and
mechanical properties, satisfying these requirements
have not been obtained.
JP-A-2001-122989 discloses that a biaxially
oriented polylactic acid polymer film consisting of
crystalline polylactic acid and having the storage
modulus E' at 120 C within the range from 100 MPa to 230
MPa, as determined by the test method for temperature
dependency of dynamic viscoelasticity, is suitable for
fold-packaging due to superior tacking property. This
film, however, cannot satisfy the coating adaptability
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and high-speed cutting property. JP-A-2000-198913
discloses an easily tearable, biaxially oriented film
of a polylactic acid resin consisting of polylactic
acid and crystalline aliphatic polyester. This film,
however, only has limited applications due to
significant haze. JP-A-2001-64413 discloses an easily
tearable, biaxially oriented film of a polylactic acid
resin consisting of polylactic acid and polyethylene
terephthalate and/or polyethylene isophthalate. This
film, however, only has limited applications due to
incomplete biodegradability and insufficient coating
adaptability and high-speed cutting property, although
it is superior in straight tearing and hand tearing
properties. JP-A-2001-354789 also discloses
biodegradable polylactic acid resin films with a good
balance among antistatic property, lubricity and
antiblocking property, along with superior adhesion to
paper. This film, however, does not have the high-
speed cutting property.
The object of the present invention is to
provide a biodegradable, biaxially oriented film of a
polylactic acid resin suitable for films for bags,
packaging and films for various windows with superior
coating adaptability for antistatic agents, lubricants,
antiblocking agents or the like, as well as high-speed
cutting property.
Disclosure of the Invention
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The present inventors have found, after
extensive studies to solve the above-described
problems, that a biodegradable, biaxially oriented film
of a polylactic acid resin, which is suitable for films
5 for bags, packaging and films for various windows with
superior coating adaptability as well as high-speed
cutting property, can be obtained by making the storage
modulus E' at 80 C, as determined by the test method for
temperature dependency of dynamic viscoelasticity, in
accordance with JIS K7198 (method A), the heat
shrinkage at 80 C and the tear strength in the width
direction (TD direction) of a film within the specific
ranges, respectively, despite the fact that the
physical properties of the film are complicatedly
influenced by its blend composition of crystalline
polylactic acid and amorphous polylactic acid, drawing
temperatures and drawing ratios in the MD and TD
directions, and heat treatment conditions and the like.
Based on these findings, the present invention has been
accomplished.
Namely, the present invention comprises the
following aspects:
(1) A biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin comprising not less than 50o by weight of a
polylactic acid resin,
which has a storage modulus E' at 80 C, in at
least one of a longitudinal direction (MD direction)
and a width direction (TD direction) of the film, of
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from 10 MPa to 3,000 MPa, as determined by the test
method for temperature dependency of dynamic
viscoelasticity in accordance with JIS K7198 (method
A);
a heat shrinkage of not higher than 10%, upon
heating at 80 C for 10 seconds; and
a tear strength in the width direction (TD
direction) of 10 to 200 mN, as determined in accordance
with JIS K7128 (method B).
(2) The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin in accordance with (1), wherein the storage
modulus E' at 80 C, in at least one of the longitudinal
direction (MD direction) and the width direction (TD
direction) of the film, is within the range from 50 MPa
to 1,000 MPa, as determined by the test method for
temperature dependency of dynamic viscoelasticity.
(3) The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin in accordance with (1) or (2), wherein the
storage modulus E' at 80 C, in at least one of the
londitudinal direction (MD direction) and the width
direction (TD direction) of the film, is within the
range from 10 MPa to 300 MPa, as determined by the test
method for temperature dependency of dynamic
viscoelasticity; and a heat of fusion, AHm, at the
crystal melting peak, present at a temperature not
lower than 100 C, is in the range from 15 to 30 J/g, as
determined by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)
with a temperature being increased from 0 C to 200 C in
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accordance with JIS K7122.
(4) The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin in accordance with (1) or (2), wherein the
polylactic acid resin is a mixture comprising of 95 to
60 parts by weight of crystalline polylactic acid with
an optical purity of not lower than 85% and 5 to 40
parts by weight of amorphous polylactic acid with an
optical purity of not higher than 80%.
(5) A window for an outlook window envelope,
comprising the biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin in accordance with (1) or (2).
(6) The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin in accordance with (1) or (2), wherein said
film is drawn at a ratio of not less than 4 in the
width direction (TD direction) of the film, and is
subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature not
lower than the glass transition temperature (Tg)
thereof and not higher than the melting point (Tm)
thereof.
(7) A method for producing a biaxially oriented
film of a polylactic acid resin, comprising:
drawing a film comprising a resin containing
not less than 50% by weight of a mixture comprising 95
to 60 parts by weight of crystalline polylactic acid
with an optical purity of not lower than 85% and 5 to
40 parts by weight of amorphous polylactic acid with an
optical purity of not higher than 80%, at a ratio of
not less than 4 in the width direction (TD direction)
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of the film; and
subsequently subjecting the film to a he,~a.t
treatment at a temperature not lower than the glass
transition temperature (Tg) thereof and not higher than
the melting point (Tm) thereof.
The invention also provides a window for an
outlook window envelope, comprising a biaxially oriented
film of a polylactic acid resin comprising not less than
5011 by weight of a polylactic acid resin,
which has a storage modulus E' at 80'C, in at
least one of a longitudinal direction (MD direction) and
a width direction (TD direction) of the film, of from 10
MPa to 3,000 MPa, as determined by a test method for
temperature dependency of dynamic viscoelasticity in
accordance with JIS K7198 (method A);
a heat shrinkage of not higher than 10%, upon
heating at 80*C for 10 seconds; and
a tear strength in the width direction (TD
direction) of 10 to 200 mN, as determined in accordance
with JIS K7128 (method B).
Finally, the invention provides a method of
making a window for an outlook window envelope from a
film of a polylactic acid resin, comprising:
providing a polyactic acid film prepared by:
drawing a film comprising a resin containing
not less than 50t by weight of a mixture
comprising 95 to 60 parts by weight of
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crystalline polylactic acid with an optical
purity of not lower than 85% and 5 to 40 parts
by weight of amorphous polylactic acid with an
optical purity of not higher than 80%, at a
ratio of not less than 4 in the width
direction (TD direction) of the film; and
subsequently subjecting the film to a heat
treatment at a temperature not lower than the
glass transition temperature (Tg) thereof and
not higher than the melting point (Tm)
thereof;
and cutting the window from the resultant film.
Preferred Embodiments of the Invention
The present invention will be explained in
more detail hereinbelow.
A film of the present invention comprises not
less than 50% by weight, preferably not less than 70%
by weight, more preferably not less than 85% by weight,
and further more preferably 100% by weight of, a
polylactic acid resin. If the content of a polylactic
acid resin is less than 50% by weight, the elastic
modulus and transparency of PLA tend to be lowered.
Said polylactic acid resin means: a copolymer of
polylactic acid or lactic acid and other
hydroxycarboxylic acid(s), aliphatic cyclic ester(s),
dicarboxylic acid(s) and/or diol(s), containing not
less than 85% by weight of lactic acid monomer units;
or a composition of these polymers containing not less
than 85% by weight of lactic acid monomer units.
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Lactic acid has L-lactic acid and D-lactic
acid as optical isomers, and polylactic acid obtained
by polymerization of lactic acid includes crystalline
polylactic acid and amorphous polylactic acid. The
former comprises about 10% or less of D-lactic acid
20
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units and about 90% or more of L-lactic acid units, or
about 10% or more of L-lactic acid units and about 90%
or more of D-lactic acid unit, and has an optical
purity of not lower than about 80%, while the latter
comprises 10o to 90% of D-lactic acid units and 90% to
10% of L-lactic acid units, and has an optical purity
of not higher than about 80%.
A polylactic acid resin used in the present
invention is preferably a polylactic acid resin that is
a mixture comprising 100 to 60 parts by weight of
crystalline polylactic acid having an optical purity of
not lower than 85% and 0 to 40 parts by weight of
amorphous polylactic acid having an optical purity of
not higher than 80%. Particularly preferably, a
polylactic acid resin is a mixture of 95 to 60 parts by
weight of crystalline polylactic acid having an optical
purity of not lower than 85% and 5 to 40 parts by
weight of amorphous polylactic acid having an optical
purity of not higher than 80%. The resins having the
compositions in these ranges are advantageous as an
oriented film with superior heat sealing property while
having the heat shrinkage suppressed to a low level
after heat treatment, can be easily obtained therefrom.
If the content of crystalline polylactic acid having an
optical purity of not lower than 85% is less than 60
parts by weight, heat shrinkage tends to increase.
The hydroxycarboxylic acid(s), a monomer(s)
to be used as a copolymerization component with lactic
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acid, include such as glycolic acid, 3-hydroxybutyric
acid, 4-hydroxybutyric acid, 3-hydroxyvaleric acid, 4-
hydroxyvaleric acid and 6-hydroxycaproic acid.
The aliphatic cyclic ester(s) includes
5 glycolide, lactide, P-propiolactone, y-butyrolactone,
valerolactone, E-caprolactone and substituted lactones
with various groups such as a methyl group, and the
like. The dicarboxylic acid(s) includes succinic acid,
glutanic acid, adipic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid,
10 terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid, and the like.
The polyvalent alcohol(s) includes aromatic polyvalent
alcohols, such as bisphenol/ethylene oxide adducts;
aliphatic polyvalent alcohols, such as ethylene glycol,
propylene glycol, butanediol, hexanediol, octanediol,
glycerin, solbitan, trimethylolpropane, neopentyl
glycol; and ether glycols, such as diethylene glycol,
triethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene
glycol.
Biodegradable plastics, such as aliphatic
polyesters, may be added to the above-described
polylactic acid. The amount to be added, however,
should be not higher than 50% by weight so as not to
impair the properties of the polylactic acid resin
itself.
As a method of polymerizing the polylactic
acid resin, a known method, such as a polycondensation
method, a ring opening polymerization method and the
like can be employed. A method for increasing
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molecular weight by using a binder, such as
polyisocyanate, polyepoxy compound, acid anhydride and
polyfunctional acid chloride, can also be employed.
The weight average molecular weight of the polylactic
acid resin is preferably in the range from 20,000 to
1,000,000, more preferably in the range from 30,000 to
500,000. If the molecular weight is within these
ranges, the melt viscosity will be in a suitable range
and, thus, a stable film can be obtained even by using
usual processing machine.
The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin of the present invention has a storage
modulus E' at 80 C of from 10 MPa to 3,000 MPa at least
in one of the MD and TD directions, as determined by
the test method for temperatur.e dependency of dynamic
viscoelasticity, in accordance with JIS K7198 (method
A). It is preferable that the storage modulus is in
the above range at least in the MD direction, more
preferably in both of the MD and TD directions. Since
films are heated up to around 80 C by hot air for drying
in a drying step after coating with an antistatic
agent, a lubricant, an antiblocking agent or the like,
if the storage modulus E' at 80 C of a film is less than
10 MPa, the film will have deformations, such as film
elongation by tension exerted on film in drying
process, which makes it difficult to obtain a good
state of roll of film. On the other hand, a film of
polylactic acid resin with a storage modulus E' thereof
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at 80 C of higher than 3,000 MPa is practically
difficult to obtain. Preferable range of E' of a film
at 80 C is from 50 MPa to 1,000 MPa, and particularly
preferable range is from 70 MPa to 500 MPa. A film
with E' at 80 C of not higher than 300 MPa is preferable
as it has the superior heat sealing property.
The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin of the present invention has heat shrinkage,
in both the MD and TD directions, of not higher than
10%, upon heating at 80 C for 10 seconds. The film with
heat shrinkage over 10%, upon heating at 80 C for 10
seconds, exhibits heat shrinkage by hot air for drying
in drying process after coating with an antistatic
agent, a lubricant, an antiblocking agent or the like,
to have wrinkles on the film surface. It is therefore
difficult to obtain a film with good appearance. The
heat shrinkage upon heating at 80 C for 10 seconds is
preferably not higher than 5%, and particularly
preferably not higher than 3%.
Furthermore, the biaxially oriented film of a
polylactic acid resin of the present invention is
required to have a tear strength in the width direction
of the film (TD direction) of 10 to 200 mN, as
determined in accordance with JIS K7128 (method B). A
film with the tear strength in the TD direction over
200 mN has inferior high-speed cutting property and,
thus, is not adaptable to high-speed bag manufacturing
equipment and high-speed fabrication machine, in
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particular to high-speed affixing machine for envelope
windows. On the other hand, a film with said tear
strength lower than 10 mN has undesired film breaks at
high frequency during the slitting work. Preferable
range of said tear strength is from 20 to 150 mN, and
particularly preferable range is from 20 to 100 mN.
Furthermore, the biaxially oriented film of a
polylactic acid resin of the present invention
preferably has a heat of fusion, AHm, at the crystal
melting peak present at a temperature not lower than
100 C, of 15 to 30 J/g, in particular, 22 to 28 J/g, as
determined by a differential scanning calorimeter(DSC)
with the temperature being increased from 0 C to 200 C
in accordance with JIS K7122. A film with the above
value not higher than 30 J/g is superior in heat
sealing property, while a film with the value not
smaller than 15 J/g exhibits little heat shrinkage and,
thus, hardly shrinks during hot air drying after
coating.
The biodegradable film of the present
invention has a haze of preferably not higher than 5%,
more preferably not higher than 3%, and particularly
preferably not higher than 2%, as measured by a
hazemeter (ASTM D 1003-95). If the haze is not lower
than 5%, the transparency will be reduced to make it
difficult to see contents in the bag. In the case of
general packaging film, it is difficult to see contents
clearly through the film, and thus impairs the
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appearance and value as a commercial product. In the
application of the outlook window envelopes, in
particular, if the haze is not lower than 5%, the
transparency will be reduced to frequently cause
reading error of the information recorded in a bar
code.
The polylactic acid resin film of the present
invention may be compounded with, in addition to the
above-described resins, known additives such as other
biodegradable resins, heat stabilizers, antioxidants
and UV absorbers, in an amount not to impair the
requirements in and the characteristics of, the present
invention. In the case of mixing a resin which
increases the haze, the maximum amount to be compounded
should be 5% based on the polylactic acid resin.
The thickness of a film of the present
invention is preferably in the range from 5 to 100 m,
more preferably in the range from 7 to 50 m. In
particular, the thickness of film for envelope windows
is preferably in the range from 20 to 40 m to provide
stiffness suitable for affixing machine for the outlook
window envelopes.
Hereinbelow, a method for producing a
biaxially oriented film comprising not lower than 50%
by weight of a polylactic acid resin of the present
invention will be described. First, a raw material
resin(s) is fed into a single screw or twin screw
extruder and melt mixed. The melt is then extruded
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through a T die, a cylinder die or an I die and
quenched to be in an amorphous-like state. The melt
extrusion temperature range at this time is, in
general, preferably from 100 to 250 C. The quenching
5 temperature is preferably from 0 to 60 C. The resin is
then biaxially drawn by a conventionally known drawing
method including a roll method, a tenter method, a
tubular method or the like. Among these drawing
methods, the tenter method is preferable due to
10 easiness to obtain a oriented film of the present
invention because drawing ratios in the MD and TD
directions can be independently controlled.
Drawing ratio in the drawing procedure may be
selected from the range of 1.5 to 10 each for the
15 longitudinal direction (MD direction) and the width
direction (TD direction) of the film. The drawing
ratio is preferably at least 4 in the TD direction, in
view of the enhancement of film strength and film
cutting property in the TD direction by imparting
orientation, more preferably at least 2 in the MD
direction and at least 4 in the TD direction,
particularly preferably from 2.0 to 4.5 in the MD
direction and from 4.5 to 7 in the TD direction. The
ratios are further particularly preferably from 2.5 to
3.5 in the MD direction and from 5.2 to 7 in the TD
direction. The ratio of (drawing ratio in the TD
direction) / (drawing ratio in the MD direction) is
preferably larger than 2Ø By drawing the film in the
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TD direction at a ratio of 4 or more, the tear strength
in the TD direction falls within a specified range and
the high-speed film cutting property is improved.
Preferable drawing temperature is from 65 C to 90 C.
To obtain the biaxially oriented film of a
polylactic acid resin of the present invention, the
film is heat treated at a temperature range not lower
than the glass transition temperature and not higher
than the melting point of the polylactic acid resin
used as a raw material, after the biaxial drawing.
When a tubular method is employed, a heat treatment
method wherein a film is heated by external hot air and
the like, while being kept in tensed state by
maintaining the internal pressure by sealing internal
air, is usually employed. In the tenter method, a heat
treatment method wherein a film is passed through a
heat treatment zone with the film being hold with
clips. Preferably, the film is heat treated at a
temperature of not lower than the drawing temperature
but not higher than the melting point of a film for a
period not shorter than 1 second depending on the
treatment temperature, and particularly preferably
heat-treated at a temperature range not lower than 100 C
and not higher than the melting point for a period not
shorter than 2 seconds. If the temperature is too low
or if the heat treatment time is too short, the heat
shrinkage of the drawn film may exceed 10%, upon
heating at 80 C for 10 seconds. Heat treatment in the
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state where the tension in the TD direction and/or the
MD direction is relaxed is effective to reduce the heat
shrinkage. Heat treatment under excessive relaxation,
however, tends to increase tear strength in the TD
direction resulting in lower high-speed cutting
property. Thus, it is preferable to carry out the heat
treatment in the state where the tension to the film is
relaxed to such an extent that the tear strength in the
TD direction becomes not higher than 200 mN, in order
to obtain a film with superior high-speed cutting
property.
The film of a polylactic acid resin is more
hydrophilic than films based on a polyolefin resin or a
polystyrene resin. However, it is preferable to impart
further hydrophilicity to the film by a method such as
corona treatment of the film surface to be coated, for
uniform coating of the biaxially oriented film of a
polylactic acid resin of the present invention with an
antistatic agent, a lubricant, an antiblocking agent or
the like. This hydrophilicity imparting treatment
improves the uniformity of the coating and effectively
provides antistatic property or lubrication effect.
Said hydrophilicity imparting treatment is preferably
carried out so that the surface tension becomes in the
range from 400 N/cm to 600 N/cm.
The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin of the present invention is biodegradable
and useful as films for bags, packaging and various
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containers with windows, to which an antistatic agent,
a lubricant, an antiblocking agent or the like is
applied, since it has superior coating adaptability and
high-speed cutting property. It is especially suitable
for films for the outlook window envelopes. The film,
when used for bags or packaging, preferably has a
tensile strength, as mechanical strength, of not lower
than 20 MPa and a tensile elongation of from 20 to
1,000%. These values are specified depending on the
applications.
Examples
The present invention will now be explained
by way of Examples and Comparative Examples.
First, evaluation methods used in the
Examples and Comparative Examples are described below.
(1) Composition of D- and L-lactic acids in polylactic
acid polymer and optical purity
The optical purity of polylactic acid polymer
is calculated by the following equation based on a
composition ratio of L-lactic acid units and/or D-
lactic acid units composing the polylactic acid, as
described above.
optical purity(%) = [L] - [D]
wherein [L] + [D] = 100, and [L]-[D]
represents an absolute value of [L]-[D].
Composition ratio of L-lactic acid units
and/or D-lactic acid units composing polylactic acid
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polymer is determined by:
preparing a hydrolyzed sample (liquid) by
alkaline decomposition of a sample with 1N-NaOH,
followed by neutralizing with 1N-HC1 and adjusting the
concentration with distilled water;
passing the hydrolyzed sample through a high
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC: LC-lOA-VP)
from Shimadzu Corp. to obtain an area ratio of detected
peaks (area is measured by a vertical line method)
corresponding to L-lactic acid and D-lactic acid at 254
nm UV;
obtaining a weight ratio of L-lactic acid [L]
(unit: %) composing the polylactic acid polymer and a
weight ratio of D-lactic acid [D] (unit: %) composing
the polylactic acid polymer from the area ratio; and
taking the mean (rounded) of three
measurement values per polymer as the measurement value
of the composition ratio.
(2) Weight average molecular weight Mw of polylactic
acid polymer
The weight average molecular weight Mw was
determined using a gel permeation chromatography
equipment (GPC: data processing part; GPC-8020,
detection part; RI-8020) from Toso Co., Ltd., under the
following measuring conditions, as polystyrene
equivalent value based on the standard polystyrene.
Three measurement values per polymer were
arithmetically averaged and rounded and the average was
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employed as the measurement value.
Column: connected column of Shodex K-805 and
K-801 from Showa Denko Co., Ltd. (7.8 mm diameter x 60
cm length)
5 Eluate: chloroform
Concentration of sample solution: 0.2 wt/vol%
Volume of sample solution charged: 200 L
Flow rate of solvent: 1 ml/min.
Column/detector temperature: 40 C
10 (3) Glass transition temperature (Tg), melting point
(Tm) and crystal heat of fusion (AHm)
A sample was heated from 0 C to 200 C in
differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) in accordance
with JIS-K7121 and JIS-K-7122 to measure Tg, Tm and
15 heat of fusion OHm of crystal melting peak, present at
a temperature not lower than 100 C. That is, about 10
mg of test sample was cut out from a sample film
conditioned (by leaving to stand for 1 week) in the
standard state (23 C, 65%RH) and the DSC curve of the
20 sample was drawn with a differential scanning
calorimeter model DSC-7 (heat flux type DSC) from
Perkin-Elmer Inc., with nitrogen gas being flowed at a
rate of 25 ml/min and temperature being increased from
0 C to 200 C at a rate of 10 C/min. Melting point Tm
( C) was determined from a top of melting (endothermic)
peak in the temperature increasing process, crystal
heat of fusion AHm(J/g) from an endothermic peak area,
and Tg ( C) from a crossing point (midpoint glass
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transition temperature) of step-wise changing part of a
curve in the temperature increasing process and a line
with equal distance in vertical axis direction, from
extended lines of both baselines. Four measurement
values per polymer were arithmetically averaged and
rounded and the average was employed as the measurement
value.
(4) Drawing ratios in the MD direction and TD
direction
Drawing ratios in the MD direction and TD
direction were determined by the following equations.
Drawing ratio in the MD direction =(film
flow rate after drawing in the MD direction) /
(original sheet flow rate before drawing in the MD
direction)
Drawing ratio in the TD direction = (film
width after drawing in the TD direction) / (original
sheet width before drawing in the TD direction)
In a tenter method, film or sheet width means
a width between clips before and after drawing in the
TD direction.
(5) Storage modulus E' (MPa)
Storage modulus E' was measured in accordance
with JIS K7198 (method A). Namely, it was measured by
a tensile vibration method under the conditions of
frequency of 1 Hz and temperature increasing from 20 C
to 160 C at a rate of 2 C/min, with a test piece having
a width of 7 mm being held so that the distance between
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the chucks was 22 mm, using RSA-II from Rheometric
Scientific F.E. Inc.
(6) Heat shrinkage (o)
A test piece with 150 mm x 150 mm was cut out
from a film sample in such a manner that one film side
was parallel to the MD direction. On the test piece a
square of 100 mm x 100 mm was drawn in such a manner
that one side thereof was parallel to the MD direction.
In the square, two sets of nine straight lines were
drawn at 10 mm intervals with the sets being in
parallel to the MD direction and the TD direction,
respectively, to prepare the test piece on which the
squares of 10 mm x 10 mm were drawn. The test piece
was placed in a hot air drying chamber set at 80 C for
10 seconds and allowed to shrink freely. Heat
shrinkage was determined by taking the mean of the
values from the following equation and the dimensions
of 11 lines drawn in the MD direction and TD direction.
Heat shrinkage (%) = [(line dimension before
heat shrinkage) - (line dimension after heat
shrinkage)] / (line dimension before heat shrinkage) x
100
(7) Haze (o)
A test piece of square film with a size of 50
mm x 50 mm and a thickness of 25 m was cut out from a
film sample conditioned (by leaving to stand for 1 week
at 23 C) under the standard conditions (23 C, 65%RH) Haze (%) was measured at
the standard condition in
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accordance with ASTM D1003-95, using a hazemeter, model
NDH-1001DP from Nippon Denshoku Ind. Co., Ltd. Six
measurement values per film type were arithmetically
averaged and rounded to obtain the haze.
(8) Tear strength (mN)
Tear strengths (mN) in the MD direction and
TD direction of a film was measured in accordance with
JIS K7128 (method B).
(9) Coating adaptability
Coating adaptability was evaluated by using a
coating composition improving antistatic property and
lubricity (consisting of 50% by weight of "TSF-4441"
from Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd. as a polyether-modified
TN
silicone and 50% by weight of "Nymeen F-215",
polyoxyethylene-alkyl(coconut oil)amine from NOF Corp.
as a surfactant) as a surface treatment agent. First,
the film surface to be coated was subjected to corona
treatment so as to impart a surface tension of 500
N/cm, using model AGI-060MD from Kasuga Electric
Machine Co., Ltd. The film surface was then coated
with an aqueous solution of said coating composition
having a concentration of the surface treatment agent
of 0.3% by weight, using a spray coater. The film was
passed through a hot air dryer set at 90 C to remove
moisture. The coating amount was controlled to be 2.5
mg/mZ by adjusting the conditions of the spray coater
(air pressure and line speed). Coating adaptability
was evaluated according to the following criteria from
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the film coating state and the heat shrink state after
the coating and hot air drying.
0: a film having a good coating, showing uniform
coating without generation of wrinkle, film extension,
sagging, or the like caused by heat shrink.
0: a film having a coating practically usable
without problem, showing uniform coating and a little
generation of wrinkles, film extension, sagging, or the
like caused by heat shrink.
X: a film not suitable for practical use, showing
generation of much wrinkles, film extension, sagging,
or the like caused by heat shrink.
(10) High-speed cutting property and envelope window
affixing adaptability
To evaluate high-speed film cutting property
and envelope window affixing adaptability, the upper
limit of practically possible cutting speed at which
window can be affixed without displacement was measured
by affixing test for envelope window on a window frame
of 50 x 90 mm on an envelope of 135 x 235 mm (made of
paper), under various cutting speeds, using envelope
window affixing machine (model HELIOS 202 from
WINKLER+DUNNERBIER), followed by visual inspection of
displacement with respect to the a envelope window
frame. High-speed cutting property and envelope window
affixing adaptability were evaluated according to the
following criteria based on these test results.
a film that can be cut at a cutting speed of
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600 sheets or more/min and affixed without causing
displacement
O- O: a film that can be cut at a cutting speed
of 500 to 600 sheets/min and affixed without causing
5 displacement
0: a film that can be cut at a cutting speed of
400 to 500 sheets/min and affixed without causing
displacement
X: a film that cannot be cut at a cutting speed
10 of not lower than 400 sheets/min or a film that causes
displacement due to delay, even if cutting at such a
speed is possible
(11) Tensile strength (MPa)
Tensile strengths (MPa) of the film in the MD
15 direction and TD direction were measured in accordance
with ASTM D882.
(12) Tensile elongation (o)
Tensile elongations (%) of the film in the MD
direction and TD direction were measured in accordance
20 with ASTM D882.
(13) Heat sealing property
Three test pieces of rectangular film with a
length of 250 mm in the longitudinal direction (the MD
direction) x a width of 25.4 mm (1 inch) were cut out
25 from a film sample conditioned (by leaving to stand for
1 week at 23 C) under the standard condition (23 C,
65oRH). Hot tack strength (HT strength; unit: N/1 inch
width) was measured in accordance with ASTM- F1921-98,
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as a peak strength observed within 1,000 mS (= 1 sec)
after die opening, using a hot tack measurement
instrument from Theller Ltd. under the following
sealing conditions.
Shape of the upper die: metal die, V type of
60 degree (tip cross-section of half-circle shape with
R = 1 mm, 5.25 inch length)
Shape of the lower die: die with rubber
lining, plain type (0.5 inch width x 5.25 inch length)
Dimension of seal surface: 1 inch x 1 mm
seal temperature: (upper die) 110 C, (lower
die) 25 C
seal time: 1,000 mS
seal pressure: 13 1 MPa
Heat seal property of a film was evaluated by
hot tack strength (HT strength: peak strength, unit:
N/1 inch width), corresponding to high-speed heat seal
strength in packaging machine or bag making machine, in
view of continuous heat seal stability not to cause
breaking out of the content from the seal part or
partial peeling off (or breakage) of seal part, when it
is continuously subjected to heat sealing process from
original wound film state to form packaging or bags by
packaging machine or bag making machine, according to
the following criteria.
0: a film having a hot tack strength of not lower
than 7N/1 inch width and sufficient strength and no
breaking out of its content or seal line failure,
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showing a very good state
0: a film having a hot tack strength of not lower
than 5N/1 inch width which is at the level where the
film can be practically used without problem, and no
breaking out of its content or seal line failure
X: a film having a hot tack strength of lower
than 5N/1 inch width wherein seal line may be peeled
off (broken) and the content may be broken out
Polylactic acid resins used in the following
Examples 1 to 16 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 were
crystalline polylactic acids (a), (b) and amorphous
polylactic acid (c) having the weight average molecular
weights and the optical purities shown in Table 1,
obtained by the polymerization with the catalyst
amount, polymerization conditions, monomer composition
and the like being controlled in accordance with
Examples 1B to 7B in JP-A-4-504731. However, the
compositions of the polylactic acid resins in the
present invention should not be limited thereto.
Table 1
Weight Content of Optical
average D-lactic purity Tg Tm
Mw acid
Crystalline
polylactic 250,000 4. 5 0 91% 57 C 153 C
acid ( a )
Crystalline
polylactic 270,000 1. 5 0 97% 58 C 170 C
acid (b)
Amorphous
polylactic 280,000 13.0% 74% 53 C None
acid (c)
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<Examples 1 to 11 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6>
In Examples 1 to 11 and Comparative Examples
1 to 6, pellets of crystalline polylactic acid (a) or
(b) and amorphous polylactic acid (c) shown in Table 1
were dry blended to the compositions shown in Table 2,
followed by melt blending using a co-rotating twin
screw extruder, extruding molten resins at a resin
temperature of 200 C through a T-die, quenching by a
casting roll kept at a temperature of 35 C to obtain
substantially amorphous sheets. Then the sheets
obtained were heated at 75 C, roll-drawn in the MD
direction at the drawing ratios shown in Table 2, and
then tenter-drawn in the TD direction at 85 C at the
drawing ratios shown in Table 2. Thereafter, all the
films, except for the film in Comparative Example 2,
were introduced into a heat treatment zone adjusted to
have the temperatures shown in Table 2 to subject the
films to the heat-treatments for the periods shown in
Table 2, with the films being kept in the drawn and
held state. Thereafter, the films were cooled to a
room temperature to obtain biaxially oriented films of
a polylactic acid resin with a thickness of 25 m. In
Comparative Example 2, a film was cooled to a room
temperature without undergoing the heat treatment, to
obtain a biaxially oriented film of a polylactic acid
resin with a thickness of 25 m. Evaluation results of
the physical properties of the films obtained are shown
in table 2.
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As shown in Table 2, the biaxially oriented
films of a polylactic acid resin obtained in Examples 1
to 11 are found to be superior in the coating
adaptability, high-speed cutting property and envelope
window affixing adaptability.
Examples 12 to 16
In Examples 12 to 16, pellets of crystalline
polylactic acid (a) or (b) and amorphous polylactic
acid (c) shown in Table 1 were dry blended to the
compositions shown in Table 3, followed by melt
blending using a co-rotating twin screw extruder,
extruding molten resins at a resin temperature of 200 C
through a T-die, quenching by a casting roll kept at a
temperature of 35 C to obtain substantially amorphous
sheets. Then the sheets obtained were heated at 75 C,
roll-drawn in the MD direction at the drawing ratios
shown in Table 3, and then tenter-drawn in the TD
direction at 85 C at the drawing ratios shown in Table
3. Then, these films were introduced into a heat
treatment zone adjusted to have the temperatures shown
in Table 3 to subject the films to the heat treatment
for the periods shown in Table 3, with the films being
kept in the drawn and held state. Thereafter, the
films were cooled to a room temperature to obtain
biaxially oriented films of the polylactic acid resins
with a thickness of 20 m. Evaluation results of
physical properties of the films obtained are shown in
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Table 3.
Table 3
Example 12 Example 13 Example 14 Example 15 Example 16
Blend ratio (wt parts)
Crystalline
100 90 80
polylactic acid (a)
Crystalline
100 70
polylactic acid (b)
Amorphous
0 0 10 20 30
polylactic acid (c)
Drawing ratio in the
2.5 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.5
MD direction (times)
Drawing ratio in the
5.5 5.1 5.2 5.5 4.8
TD direction (times)
Heat Temp. ( C) 140 140 130 130 130
treatment
conditions Time (sec) 3 3 3 3 3
Storage MD 360 460 200 150 150
direction
modulus E'
(MPa) TD 150 260 100 80 80
direction
Heat MD
0.5 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.2
shrinkage direction
at 80 C
for 10 sec TD 1.0 0.5 1.3 1.7 1.8
direction
(S)
Heat of crystal fusion
31 41 28 25 32
OHm (J/g)
Haze ($) 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5
Tear
strength TD 40 90 55 60 110
direction
(mN)
Coating adaptability @ (9 ~ 0 0
High-speed cutting
property (envelope O-Oo 0-0o 0-(9 O-(9 0
window affixing
adaptability)
As shown in Table 3, the biaxially oriented
films of a polylactic acid resin obtained in Examples
12 to 16 are found to be superior in the coating
adaptability, high-speed cutting property and envelope
window affixing adaptability.
The polylactic acid resins used in the
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following Examples 17 to 27 and Comparative Examples 7
to 10 were crystalline polylactic acid (a) and
amorphous polylactic acid (b) having the weight average
molecular weights and optical purities shown in Table
4, and obtained by polymerization under the controls of
catalyst amount, polymerization conditions, monomer
composition or the like in accordance with Examples 1B
to 7B in JP-A-4-504731. However, the compositions of
polylactic acid resins in the present invention should
not be limited thereto.
Table 4
Weight Content of Optical
average Mw D-lactic purity Tg Tm
acid
Crystalline
polylactic 290,000 4.5% 91% 59 C 153 C
acid (a)
Amorphous
polylactic 300,000 12.5% 75% 53 C None
acid (b)
<Examples 17 to 25, 27 and Comparative Examples 7 to 9>
In Examples 17 to 25, 27 and Comparative
Examples 7 to 9, pellets of crystalline polylactic acid
(a) and amorphous polylactic acid (b) shown in Table 4
were dry blended to the composition shown in Table 5,
followed by melt blending using co-rotating twin screw
extruder, extruding the molten resins at a resin
temperature of 200 C through a T-die, quenching by a
casting roll kept at a temperature of 35 C to obtain
substantially amorphous sheets. Then the sheets
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obtained were heated at 75 C and roll-drawn at a drawing
ratio of 2.5 in the MD direction, and then at 80 C
tenter-drawn at a drawing ratio of 6 in the TD
direction. In Examples 17 to 25, 27 and Comparative
Examples 7, the films were then introduced into a heat
treatment zone adjusted to have the temperatures shown
in Table 3 to subject the films to the heat treatment
for the periods shown in Table 5, with the films being
kept in the drawn and held state. Thereafter, the
films were cooled to a room temperature to obtain
biaxially oriented films of the polylactic acid resin
with a thickness of 25 m. In Comparative Example 8
and 9, the films were cooled to a room temperature
without undergoing the heat-treatment to obtain
biaxially oriented films of the polylactic acid resins
with a thickness of 25 m. Evaluation results of
physical properties of the films obtained are shown in
table B.
<Example 26>
In Example 26, a film was oriented in the
same manner as in Examples 17 to 25 and 27, except that
polylactic acid (a) and (b) shown in Table 4 were used
and that the drawning ratios were 3 in the MD direction
and 5.5 in the TD direction as shown in Table S. The
film was then subjected to the heat treatment under the
conditions shown in Table 5 and cooled to a room
temperature to obtain a biaxially oriented film of a
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polylactic acid resin with a final thickness of 25 m
by adjusting the degree of die-lip opening. Evaluation
results of the physical properties of the films
obtained are shown in table S.
5
<Comparative Example 10>
In Comparative Example 10, a film having the
same composition as in Example 27 was drawn in the same
manner as in Example 27, except that the film was drawn
10 at ratios of 2.5 in the MD direction and 3 in the TD
direction as shown in Table 5. The film was subjected
to the heat treatment under the conditions shown in
Table 5 and cooled to a room temperature to obtain a
biaxially oriented film of a polylactic acid resin with
15 a final thickness of 25 m by adjusting the degree of
die-lip opening. Evaluation results of the physical
properties of the film obtained are shown in table 5.
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As shown in Table 5, the biaxially oriented
films of the polylactic acid resins obtained in
Examples 17 to 27 are found to have tensile strengths
of not lower than 60 MPa, that is, the mechanical
strength sufficient for films to be used as bags. At
the same time, these biaxially oriented films of a
polylactic acid resin are found to be superior in the
coating adaptability and high-speed cutting property.
Industrial Applicability
The biaxially oriented film of a polylactic
acid resin of the present invention is biodegradable as
it mainly comprises a polylactic acid resin and has the
superior coating adaptability for an antistatic agent,
a lubricant, an antiblocking agent or the like, and the
superior high-speed cutting property. Therefore, the
present invention can provide a biaxially oriented film
of a polylactic acid resin suitable for bags, packaging
film and plastering film for various windows,
particularly those for outlook window envelopes.
